Experiments in HDR (high dynamic range) Photography and Tone Mapping
| Series #4 Clouds, taken on 2/25/07 from Polvadera, NM. |
Back to three images combined as HDR then tone mapped in Photomatix. This cloud formation was so impressive that it looked pretty good even in the original image, but as always, more detail came out in the HDR version. Unfortunately more detail came out in the less than attractive landscape as well. There was not much further processing done in Photoshop, probably just adjusting levels a bit. |
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| Raw file tone mapped |
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| What a waste to have such a lovely cloud with such an unsightly landscape, so I thought I'd try to replace the land with something more picturesque. |
| Fantasy image (okay, not quite believable :-) |
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| Original landscape image |
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Always looking for improvement... The next two are taken from a similar shot, but I
worked primarily with the original jpeg. I tone mapped the RAW file in
Photomatix, |
| Here I was trying to hide the ugly house. This version got me another approvers choice on WeatherUnderground ... |
 ... and it was shown on the KRQE 13 evening news broadcast by Mark Ronchetti on 2/28/07 -- again, thanks Mark!) |
The one below was to acknowledge the run down house in the picture and focus on it rather than try to hide it. |
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In this form it got 22nd place out
of 691 images in the
DP Challenge
(an online digital photography contest). Hmm, wonder when I can pull that off again... |
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